Markensen Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Markensen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Markensen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Markensen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Markensen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Markensen is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Markensen click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Markensen? popularity and diffusion

The last name Markensen is the 8,968,613th most frequently held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Markensen is mostly found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Markensen are found; 75 percent are found in North America and 75 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States it is mostly found in: Washington, where 67 percent reside and Arizona, where 33 percent reside. Barring The United States it exists in one country. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 25 percent reside.

Markensen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Markensen has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 62 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Markensen
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